CHAPTER ONE-HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SEVEN
CATHERINE’S POV
Burke and I agreed to marry the next day without waiting for any moons and to save Emma.
And the wedding day arrived before we knew it, it was a small wedding with my kids, Diago, El, Harley, and the oldest man in the pack.
“I, Burke Michealson, take you, Catherine Tyler, as my lawfully wedded wife, in sickness and in health, for better for worse, for richer for poor, till death do us part,” Burke said, slipping the wedding ring into my fingers gently.
My excitement knew no bounds.
“I, Catherine Tyler, take you, Burke Michealson, as my lawfully wedded husband, in sickness, and health, for better for worse, for richer for poor, till death do us part,” I repeated my vows and slipped the ring into Burke’s finger again, still excited, I could also see the excitement in Burke’s eyes.
“If there is anyone against the union, speak up forever, hold your peace,” the eldest man said, and I didn’t even know why he was asking questions. I patiently waited to call us husband and wife.
“What is the reason you are against this union?” the oldest man asked,
Wait! Someone is against our union, I knew it would be Harley. I turned only to see Nikky frowning at Burke and I, what the fuck is she doing.
“What the fuck are you doing, young lady,” I scolded her, and she still frowned at me.
“I am angry that my brothers and I didn’t get a quick notice about this wedding, nevertheless, I want to wish my parents a happy marriage life,” She said and my mouth curved in a smile, I am super proud of Nikky.
“Thank you, baby,” Burke and I appreciated her simultaneously.
“If that is all, I pronounce you two, husband and…”
“Wait!” Harley yelled, and I rolled my eyes. She was about to curse a drama and I knew it was a bad idea to invite her to my wedding, but Burke insisted we invited her, which was kind of annoying.
“What is it, Harley?” I asked rudely as she stood to her feet.
“Just yesterday, I was taking my vows with this man here and now, he is taking his vows with another woman, what about the fucking morals we all talk about?” Harley ended her statement with a rhetorical question that was unable to answer at the moment because she sounded very fucking silly.
“Firstly, Harley you…”
“I am not talking to you, Catherine, I am talking to him,” she interrupted me before I could give her a reply, as she pointed to the eldest man, she was talking to the eldest man.
“If you don’t have any other thing to say, I’ll proceed with the pronunciation,” The eldest man said, ignoring Harley’s rude question.
“Oh, why don’t you want to answer me, you old man,” She retorted and he got angry.
“The only reason you can stand here and address me, is because of that thing in your womb, pregnant women aren’t allowed to stay in the dungeon, I will see what you will do when you have given birth,” The eldest man sneered at her and Harley looked embarrassed. She sat back on her chair, looking angry.
“I, now pronounce you husband and wife,” The eldest man yelled and everyone cheered for us, except for Harley, El’s voice was the loudest.
Burke drew me closer and covered my lips with his, kissing me tenderly and hungrily.
“I was about to say you may kiss the bride but you have already taken the bull by the horn,” the oldest man chuckled as Burke deepened the kiss.
Soon it was time to heal the pack from the plague Ava and Harley bestowed on the pack because of their selfish desires.
“Can you do this, we can call an elder from the coven to help with it,” I said to Nikky because she was the one assigned to break the spell.
“Of course, I can do it, I saved you from death’s doorstep multiple times,” She sneered at me playfully as she wrapped my right hand and Burke’s right hand together.
“Are you ready?” she asked and we nodded our heads even if we weren’t ready.
Nikky burst out a knife and slit our palm with it. It was painful but within a few minutes, our palms were healed and she got the blood she needed from us inside a bowl.
“You are free to go, I just need the blood of the Alpha and the Luna,” she said, untying us.
We waited for Nikky as she made multiple incantations and soon she was done.
She poured our blood into different jars and I was surprised by how many they were because she only took a little of our blood.
“Let the affected people take a sip of the Alpha and Luna’s blood,” She said, giving the guards all the jars that had blood, they were supposed to take it to the quarantine house, to cure the affected.
“Okay, mam Nikky,” the guards said simultaneously.
“Wait!” Burke called out as the guard was about to leave the garden.
The guards stopped immediately and turned around to look at Burke, wondering what he was about to say, I was even wondering what he was about to say as well.
“When Emma is whole again, bring her to the mansion,” he said and the guards nodded their heads in reply.
We waited for hours, it was already noon, yet there was no sign of Emma, and neither were there signs of the guards.
“Mum, I think I failed,” Nikky said, with sad eyes. I took her closer to me and gave her a tight hug because she deserved it.
“You can never fail baby, probably there was a mistake somewhere, we will surely get the cure, let us just wait for the guards,” I assured her and she nodded her head in response.
“Don’t ever give your guards to make me come to your mansion first, have you forgotten that I have kids that I would love to see first, these your fucking guards followed me to every damn place,” Emma yelled, and my eyes widened in surprise.
“Fuck, thank goodness you made it Emma,” Burke said, taking her into a tight hug.
“Okay dead, don’t choke me,” Emma chuckled as she freed herself from Burke’s tight hug.
“Thank you for being there for me friend,” she said to Burke emotionally and Burke smiled widely.
“I will do anything for Jack, I just extended the favors to you,” he replied to her appreciation, with a shrug of his shoulders.
“I have something bad to tell you, Burke,” She said, in a very serious tone, making Burke worried.
“What is it Emma, you know you can tell me anything,” Burje assured her and she nodded in response.
“I know the person that brought that calamity to the pack, she injected me with it and had done a lot of calamity as well, this might be shocking to you,” She said, swallowing hard, I already knew what she was about to say, and I was certain Burke knew that too.
“Your sister, and your wife, Harley are the villains,” she confessed and Burke burst out into a round of laughter.
“I know you wouldn’t believe it because of how much you love your sister and I admire that, but I am telling the truth, Burke,” Emma continued explaining.
“Firstly, Harley is not my wife, Catherine is,” Burke said and confusion was written all over Burke’s face.
“Catherine is dead, Burke, I thought you lived past that,” she said and Burke shook his head, pointing in my direction.
“No, Emma, Catherine is alive,” I said, standing up.
Emma’s mouth fell open and she was shocked to see me, she cleaned her eyes multiple times to be sure, it was me and I wasn’t disappearing.
“Fuck, this is your joke, how the fuck are you alive?” Emma asked, still touching my face.
“That is a long story and I want you to know that Ava is in the dungeon and she will follow her soon,” I said, pointing at Harley, who was already crying where she was.
Harley stood up and ran out of the garden, I don’t know why, but I ran after her.
“Wait Harley, I can’t catch up with you any longer,” I yelled, as we were away from the garden and almost in the mansion.
She stopped at that spot and turned around to look at me.
“What the fuck do you want? Haven’t you done enough?” she asked and my heart broke seeing my sister like that, but every damn thing is her fault.
“I have something surprising to tell you,” I said and she scoffed at me.
“Talk, I’m listening,” she commanded, folding her hands under her breast.
“You can’t hate me, Harley,” I said plainly and she rolled her eyes again.
“I already hate you and nothing is going to change that,” she scoffed.
“You are my sister and I’m sure you don’t know that yet but…”
“Shut the fuck up, Catherine, I know that you are my sister and the truth is that I don’t give a fuck,” she yelled, still making me surprised.
“What? You knew?” I said, in the form of a question and she nodded her head in response.
“Yes I knew, and that isn’t going to stop me from making your life a living hell that you would beg for death but it would never come,” she sneered at me before leaving me alone, with goosebumps all over my body, because of her threat.